_ PAGE'FOUR The British Whig 82ND YEAR. | | | | | | " IBEE 1 Published Daily and Semi-Weekly by THE BRITISH WHIG PUBLISHING , CO. LIMITED, President Director Bec.-Treas. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Daily Edition) One year, delfVered in city .... One year, If pald in advance ....$50 One year, by mail to rural offices . One year, to United States (Bem!-Weekly Edition) One year, by mail, cash- One year, if not paid in advance.$1.50 One. year, to. United States 1.51 8ix and three months pro rata. Attached is one of the printing offices in Canada TORONTO REPRESENTATIVE HM. BE. Smallplece urch St. II. 8. REPRESEN VES New York Office 225 Wifth Ave. ' k R. Northrup, Manager. Tribune Bldg. Manager. '| gan. AN INSPIRATION. The éxperiment in Britain is worth trying in Canada. The ca- blegrams announce that rather than be forced into military service--and many regard the registration of eli- gibles as the first step in that direc- tion--->many young men. hasten to the recruiting stations and offer their services. Canada's Govern- ment may be moved to resort to a similar expedient in order to wake some people up, to give new life to the recruiting. Late advices from the Old Land, and from some of the Canadians now at the front, go to show that the war is now regarded most seriously, It promises to be not only a long and serious strain upon the resources of the Empire; it is likely to test the strength and endurance of the British people to the limit. Under the circumstances it is necessary that everyone should realize just where he stands. He is simply confronted with a great issue which imperils the. life of the nation as well as the life of the in- dividual. -------- Hon. Adam Beck is accused of operating against the purchase of mounts in Canada for the British and French war service, and Canada bas lost millions of dollars as a re- sult. Sir Adam's excuse is that he is protecting Canada's horse supply. The explanation may be satisfac- tory. ---------- CRITICISING THE CEURCH. The Whig was not disposed to treat seriously the letter of Rev. Samuel Bellery, of Napanee. It had not "libelled" the Methodist Church in any way. And yet without some notie however brief, it might be sup- posed there was no reply to make to the reverend gentleman. Anyone who is Interested may con- sult the Whig of Thursday last and read again the article headed "A Call 40 the Church." He will gee that it is largely composed of a quotation from the letter of Pte. Mecllroy, of Ottawa, written for and published in the Christian Guardian. In this ar- ticle complaint is made with regard to the attitude of the Methodist Church toward its soldier representa- tives at the front. * It was not the Whig that concelved or expressed the "cruel" idea that the Methodist preachers and laymen were adding to the hardships of the Empire's de- fenders, but a Canadian artiMerist now doing duty in France. He was moved to say biting things becs ise of something he had read in the ja- pers on the tobacco question. The Whig does not suppose for a . Moment that this young soldier meant in his letter, written hurriedly and probably in a trench, to libel the Methodist Church of Canada or any member of it. He had read that which did not appeal to his Judg- ment, and he expressed himself in strong and forceful language. The Christian Guardian made due allowance for the position he occup- led and for the motives that actuated him. The Whig has, therefore, no apology to offer to anyone under thé circumstances and has certainly no -apology tp offer to Rev. Samuel Sell ery, of Napanee. 2 : ------------------ : SOME RADICAL PLANS, . Somé ntees which have been asked from the British Government are surely remarkable. The farm- ers have been advised to sow heavily In 1916 50 as to provide for the great- | things: ¥ people 'demand it, following the ex-| ot recruiting. Let us see. Was ample of Germany which has been| it not this gentleman who talked of tilling and cropping vast areas which | shooting holes in the Union Jack? bave hitherto gone uncultivated or|A nice recruiting officer he would been devoted to lawn, to pasture, and | make! to pleasure. ¥ | . American aviators who have been A special committee, dealing with crossing over the boundary line and the subject, has demanded these spying out Canada had better be- (1) A fixed price for the, ware. The British Ambassador at wheat which the farmer will receive Washington has counselled them in 191%, regardless of what. the mar: | that if they do not avoid encroach- ket justifies; (2) a duty upon the ment, serious incidents may happen. imported wheat; (3) thie" purchase Will the warning be éffective? of agricultural machinery equal tol the requirements of the times and! in excess of the machinery which! will probably. be made in Britain. not be safely harvested. The Com- These radical suggestions will come | missioner of Agriculture in Ontario before the Parliament 'when it meets says the damage by recent storms in September. They involve the de- must reach $20,000,000. There is parture from England's trade policy, hardly a doubt of this. and, if conceded, may be the begin-| ning of many other changes which! Mr. Rowell's suggestion, that the the war provokes. They mean| Legislature meet in Ontario and pass more than that, namely, the adoption | hibition Act, y be 2 Seb. of protective features of a most dis- i pts. apProval o p The man who is to be commiser- ated with in these times is the farm- er, who has a great crop which can- tinctive kind. traordinary or contrary to general policy. But government in Ger: many is not of or from the people, and the common people have very little to say about it. The contrast masses have been consulted so much about Government measures that any- thing of a revolutionary character must be submitted to them with the risk of having it rejected. In sev eral particulars British opinlon has changed somewhat since the war be- good deal before peace has been pro- claimed. -- RECRUITING IN QUEBEC. The open hostility and publi¢ riot- ing have ceased.in Quebec, but the re- cruiting is not popular, though it has been greatly improved since Sir Wil- frid Latrier has made his personal and patriotic appeals to the French Canadians. In speaking at Sher- brooke he said that if he were a Young man and had the health 'which he now possessed, he would not hesi- tate to take the musket and fight for freedom as so many of his fellow countrymen are now doing. His message in brief was this: "The peril is at present great. We must not re- main under a false impression of se- curity. If we must win, we must be worthy of freedom and must be will- ing to fight for it." Strong speech, but not any stronger than the circumstances Justify, Can- adians are waking up and slowly enough to the seriousness of the con- flict with which 'Britain is engaged, and Quebecers cannot feel that they are less concerned about the out- come than the people of the othee provinces. Race and religion do not change or affect the situation. The recruiting is not prevented now as it was some time ago in Mon- treal, and yet there is an under-cur- rent of active and hurtful opposition. Mr. Bourassa is the inspired of it, as one can assume from the public writ- ings of J. B. Lefebvre. He refers to The Gérman Government can un-| dertake anything, no matter how ex- is presented in England where the He promises to be changed a. | ple, will not be acted upon. The Ontario Government is not disposed | to take aggressive action on the li- | quor question. It will depend upon the' activities of the Ontario License { Commission to meet the demands of the people for the time Being. © ret mace. | PUBLIC --OPHHION | - ob | Me Unt Gott. | (Toropto Star.) The murderer of the Lusitania | victims continues to rave about the | Almighty being on his side. | & Good Reason. 1 t (Montreal Mail y | The press does not say who were | the chief mourners, recently, when | Haiti installed a new President. { Rm While Horses Last. | (Toronto Telegram.) | Germany will never triumph | while Nova Scotia has an aged equine | to lay ypon the altar of Britain's safety at about $175 per lay. What a Prize! (Watford. Herald.) Italy is going to have a hand in forcing the Dardanelles. Can't blame any nation for desiring to be in at the killing, when the prize is Turkey. Cause And Effect. (Montreal Press.) The Militia Department may have to stop the contribution of machine guns until recruiting catches up. In any event, the guns are useful as a pace-maker. Less Whiskey Drunk. (Toronto Globe.) Canada at one time counted her distilleries by the score, but there were then no four-million-dollar es- tates. And this is not an argument that frugality and wealth advance through a reduction in the number of distilleries. New Public Demands. (Ottawa Journal.) Official announcement is made that now more than 2,0000 machine guns are provided for by public sub- scriptions in Canada. Also an- nouncement is made that a new can- vass for the Patriotic Fund will soon have to be made. .. Verbum sap. | KINGSTON EVENTS 25 YEARS ACO Laurier and Lemieux as gentl who have risen to high and honor- abl places in Canada, but "they have allowed themselves to get out of of touch with French-Canadian thought and opinion." The critic continues: "We honor and respect them as having achieved fame in the political world, but 'we are following the good and practical advice of Mr. Henry Bourassa." Bourassa is discreetly keeping in the background, but is stimulating his followers to resist the movement of the day and especially the move- ment of our military men towards the defense of the Empire. Fortunate- ly the following of this misguided man is not as numerous as it used to be, and the damage he is able to do in a public way is exceedingly limited. Mr. Lefebvre would have the people outside of Quebec believe that the French-Canadian recruits are those who "owing to lack of em- ployment' are forced by financial ne- ilies protected by the Government and Patriotic Funds. There are no doubt some who are thus influenced, but the majority are influenced by patriotic motives and they are to be honoured for it. \ HDITOR AL NOTES. The poor man's breakfast table has not of late increased very much. The foods that cost $6.61 in 1912 can be purchased in 1915 for $7.10. Fuel and light are higher. The total expenses of a family of five were $14.01 in 1912, as against $13.58 in 1915. The Norris Government in Mani- toba will permit the Temperance but it must be referred to the peo- ple for approval before it is by the cessity to enlist and have their fam- 1 Party to suggest a prohibition bill, |' Formation of Historical Society urged. Sir John A. Macdonald writes that he will try and attend Kingston's big fair. A "Peeping Tom" is annoying ladies on a certain street at night. A heavy rain fell in Kingston. Epidemic of typhoid at Tete de Pont Barraoks. Oats selling at 38¢ a bushel and fall wheat at 90c to 95c. Montreal Lady Injured. New York, Aug. 17.--M erine Osborne, aged twenty at Fourth avenue and Ei street, was struck by an a driven by Isidor Goodmawy, of No. 405 East Sixth street. er skull was fractured. Goodman arrest- ed. \ Many a man imagines that there is only one honest man in the world. Some girls are relegated to the spinster class because of their cute- ness. : Sh 'When a homely girl has her pic- ture taken she acts as if she consid- ered the artist responsible for her ks, a RECORDE BROKEN. Rogers Pas: Tunnel Now Caps All Previous Achievements. Rapid progress is being made by the Canadian Pacific Railway in driv- ing the Rogers Pass tunnel in British Columbia. Ii November last the re- cord for this tunnel was 817 feet and during January # had advanced to 932 feet. This remarkable progress, made in a pioneer heading, driven through a mica schist, is accounted for by the steady improvement in the air drills and drill steel-used, as well as In the system employed. As recently as January, 1908, the record for Europe and the world was still held by the Simpion tunnel with a monthly average of 685 feet, and in January, 1908, the record for the orado, in a heading 8% by 12 feet, '| which ultimately reached 824 feet a very month when driving soft shale. . 4 The Loetschberg tunnel in Switzer- land was well under way in January, 1908, but the maximum for one heading by then was. only 558 feet. This was, however, far eclipsed later on by the remarkable advance of 1,013 lineal feet in a 31-day month in the same tunnel through lime- stone. It is true that in 1906 one shield of the Hudson and Manhattan Rail- road reached 965 feet per month, do- Ing as much 4s 308 feet in one week, but as this wa. i very soft Hudson through the excavation was admitted to the tunnel, the remainder being pushed up into the river bed by the shield, it is not considered a fair comparison with the solid rock records. Nothing approaching the Simplon record was reached in hard rock in America until the Wallkill tunnel, of the New York city aqueduct, ad- vanced 523 feet in Hudson shale in September, 1910, but this record was brokén three times by the Elizabeth tunnel of Los Angeles aqueduct, with 604 feet in 30 days, and the Jawbone tunnel advanced 1,061 feet in very soft rock on the same undertaking. It remained for Canada to lead the way on the American continent in hard rock tunnels, and the Mt. Royal tunnel, in Montreal, for the Canadian Northern Railway, reached the satis- factory record of 810 feet for June, '1918, in Trenton limestone with dikes of hard rock. Now this record is outdistanced. In these recent records on the Am- erican continent the European system of mounting the drilis on a horizontal bar, with or without a drill carriage, has been adopted, and as this per- mits the cCrills being set up before the muck pile is removed, it is possible for at least two shots to be fired in an eight-hour shift. A large amount of high percentage powder per cubic yard is required to break the rock into small fragments and scatter it well along the heading floor to give time for two rounds of drilling in eight hours, especially as each round pulls an average of five feet, OTHER PLACES AND MANNERS. Hon. Pierre Leblanc Knew Elections eering in the Old Days. Hon. Pierre Eveariste Leblanc, the new Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, re-enters the public life of his Pro- vince after a retirément of six years, following his dcfeat as M.L.A. for Laval County, which he had repre- sented continuously for twenty-four years, the final four as leader of the small Conservative minority in the Quebec Legislature. In the good old primitive days, the standard rate for votes among the habitants was one dollar, cash in hand, with a drink of gin to bind the bargain, and there is no case on record where a voter was 80 lost to all sense of honor as to fail to fulfil a compact thus made. Mr. Leblanc, well versed in the simple, innocent ways of the French-Cana- dian voters, was accounted one of the most skilful of campaigners, but he found that he had something to learn when he was called upon by his party to do some electioneering in the East- ern Townships, which are largely set- tled by the descendants of English and Scotch pioneers. At the first boule which hé visited he found the men folk away, and a buxom houge- wife in possession. Explaining his mission in courtly and persuasive fashion, he ventured the hope that the local - Conservative candidate might count upon receiving the wote of the master of the house. The lady, for answer, extended a broad and work-worn palm, and, slapping it vigorously with the other band, ex- claimed: "John Jones votes for the man who first puts a ten-dollar bill in that hand, and he doesn't vote at all unless 1 get it!" b French Gains At St. Mihiel. Paris, Aug. 16.--Despatches late yesterday afternoon indicate that the French made further gains near St. Mihiel. - The situation is quite near Presentiments of ill sometimes oppress a gent; his heart receives a chill, he's full of discontent. All things, he grimly feels, are going to the dogs, and in his head. the wheels are badly slipping cogs. perish in the ditch his plans predestined are; it is no use to hitch his wagon {o a star. his soul, and naught can comfort lend; the poorhouse end. The good old American continent of 449 feet was | made by the. Gunnison tunnel of Col- silt-and-not-more-than-33 percent. of To Vague fears depress THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1915. for $2.75. SHOE SALE values, for $4.50. $5.00 and $6.00 Panam: Bibbys 78, 80, 82 PRINCESS STREET. Men's and Boys' Departmental Store rte $10 Suit Specials Perfectly tailored elothes. Genuine Home- wa spuns in several shades of Grey, Brown and neat stripes.- T'wo and three piece styles. 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